Five held for planting ganja at Sivaganga grocery shop
Police in Sivaganga arrested five people, including a bar owner, for allegedly planting a ganja packet at activist Rajkumar's grocery shop and giving police false information. The case follows his campaign to remove a TASMAC shop near Thirupputhur that he said disturbed residents, schoolgirls and women.
🇮🇳 Thirukkalapatti, Thirupputhur, Sivaganga · India
Police in Sivaganga arrested five people, including a bar owner, in the case
over ganja planted at a grocery shop to take revenge on a social activist.[1]The five were identified as bar owner Periya Sokkanathan aged 27, Sundar aged 19
of Manakudi, Jayamurthy aged 65 of Maruthipatti, Rajapandi aged 65 of
Karaiyendalpatti and a 17-year-old boy.[1]Police allege that they placed
ganja in front of Rajkumar’s shop and then gave the police false information.[1]
Rajkumar, from Thirukkalapatti near Thirupputhur in Sivaganga district, runs a
grocery shop and an e-service centre.[1]He had been continuously protesting
to demand the removal of a TASMAC shop that disturbed local residents,
schoolgirls and women.[1]Two days earlier, two people who came to his shop on
a two-wheeler placed a packet of ganja and tobacco under the staircase and left.[1]Soon after, two men who arrived in a vehicle with a police sticker claimed
to be prohibition police, searched the shop, displayed the ganja packet and
threatened Rajkumar, and CCTV footage of the episode emerged and caused a stir.[1]
The episode drew strong condemnation over the claim that police and the bar
owner acted because of participation in the anti-TASMAC protest.[1]Rajkumar,
along with village residents, submitted a complaint petition at the Sivaganga
superintendent of police office.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
5
Agency type
Police
Activity
Possession
Setting
Shop
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Tamil Nadu
Date
Approximate
Sources
Dinakarandinakaran.comTAமளிகை கடையில் கஞ்சா வைத்த வழக்கு பார் உரிமையாளர் உள்பட 5 பேர் கைது - Dinakaran - Dinakaran
Open questions the AI reported
No weight or quantity was published for the planted ganja and tobacco packet, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The article published on 8 November 2026 says the arrests happened yesterday evening, so 7 November 2026 is used as the incident date, and the planting two days earlier is not dated precisely.
No charges, custody details or court outcome were reported, so the case is treated as under investigation.
Only one report of this event could be opened, so the revenge motive and the names rest on a single account.
The source counts a 17-year-old boy among the five held but does not specify juvenile procedures.
The report describes two people planting the packet and two others in a police-sticker vehicle, but does not specify how these four map onto the five people arrested.
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